Advances in Analytical Techniques for Food Quality and Safety

Dear Colleagues,

Food safety and food nutrition are two important aspects of food. Chemical contaminants, including pesticides, veterinary drugs, mycotoxins, persistent organic pollutants (POPs), and heavy metal ions, are important factors affecting food safety. Meanwhile, with the widespread concern for nutrition and health, functional bioactive ingredients in food are receiving more and more attention. Hence, with increasing research into food safety and nutrition, the development of advanced technological methods to detect chemical contaminants and emerging bioactive compounds is critical. These needs have prompted researchers concerned with food safety and nutrition to develop advanced analytical techniques to accurately quantify contaminants and bioactives in food and to demonstrate the relationship between contaminants and bioactives and the health of the human diet, which is critical to ensuring food safety and a healthy diet.

With this Special Issue, we hope to present recent developments in using novel technologies/nanomaterials to monitor/remove chemical contaminants and extract/determinate bioactive compounds in food, exploring the molecular mechanism of contaminants/bioactives in food, and indicating the relationship between targets and food safety/dietary health to promote the health risk assessment of chemical contaminants and to make full use of functional substances in food. Original research articles, comprehensive reviews, and other types will be considered.

Prof. Dr. Donghui Xu
Dr. Guangyang Liu
Prof. Dr. Yongxin She
Guest Editors

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